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bug #29578: No documentation on parttool

Submitted by:  Chris K <colanderman>
Submitted on:  Fri 16 Apr 2010 06:31:36 PM UTC  
 
Category: DocumentationSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Feature Request
Status: FixedPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: Colin Watson <cjwatson>Originator Name: Chris K
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 
Release: 1.97Reproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Wed 02 Jun 2010 11:49:36 AM UTC, comment #1:

I've committed documentation for the parttool command to 'info grub'. Here's the text:

-- Command: parttool partition commands
Make various modifications to partition table entries.

Each COMMAND is either a boolean option, in which case it must be
followed with `+' or `-' (with no intervening space) to enable or
disable that option, or else it takes a value in the form
`COMMAND=VALUE'.

Currently, `parttool' is only useful on DOS partition tables (also
known as Master Boot Record, or MBR). On these partition tables,
the following commands are available:

`boot' (boolean)
When enabled, this makes the selected partition be the active
(bootable) partition on its disk, clearing the active flag on
all other partitions. This command is limited to primary
partitions.

`type' (value)
Change the type of an existing partition. The value must be
a number in the range 0-0xFF (prefix with `0x' to enter it in
hexadecimal).

`hidden' (boolean)
When enabled, this hides the selected partition by setting
the "hidden" bit in its partition type code; when disabled,
unhides the selected partition by clearing this bit. This is
useful only when booting DOS or Wwindows and multiple primary
FAT partitions exist in one disk. See also *note
DOS/Windows::.

Colin Watson <cjwatson>
Project MemberIn charge of this item.
Fri 16 Apr 2010 06:31:36 PM UTC, original submission:

Hi, I can't seem to find any documentation on the parttool command in Grub 2. I've tried both the wiki and Google, and the best I can find is a mention in the CommandList page that hide, map and friends have been "replaced by parttool", with no link to any documentation on how exactly to use parttool.

Chris K <colanderman>

 

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